Vincent Merlin

Vincent Merlin is Chief Marketing Officer at Forcepoint, where he leads the company’s global marketing organization and plays a key role in shaping its go-to-market strategy. A revenue-focused executive, he is responsible for strengthening Forcepoint’s leadership in AI-driven data security, building its global brand and accelerating growth.

Vincent brings more than two decades of experience in enterprise technology and cybersecurity. Prior to Forcepoint, he spent ten years at Proofpoint, most recently as Senior Vice President of Global Growth Marketing, where he held leadership responsibility across demand generation, field and digital marketing, corporate marketing, partner marketing and inside sales. During his tenure, Proofpoint grew from approximately $400 million to more than $2.4 billion in annual recurring revenue.

Prior to Proofpoint, Vincent held global and regional marketing leadership roles at AVEVA, as well as Dell EMC and RSA.

Vincent began his career in engineering, including work in the Quantum Photonics group at the French Atomic Energy Agency (CEA) on advanced defense technologies. He holds an MBA from the Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth, an Engineering degree in Quantum Photonics from Institut d’Optique Graduate School (SupOptique), and a Master of Science in Physics from Université Nice Sophia Antipolis.